Rosabel (Rose) Snethen, 96, of Miami, OK, formerly of Clearfield, SD, passed away on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at the Wind Ridge Nursing Center in Miami, OK.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 10 a.m. at the Church of Nazarene in Winner, SD. Burial followed in the Winner City Cemetery.
Rosabel (Rose) Snethen was born Oct. 28, 1924 on a farm in Gassman Township, Tripp County, South Dakota. Parents were David and Marjorie (Larson) Erickson. The farm was on a White River bottom, 13 miles north of Hamill, SD. School was difficult and several teachers lived with the family and had class in the living room for Rose and sister Ruth.
Rose attended Winner High School in 1939 and graduated in 1941. She then attended Van Sant Business college in Omaha, Neb., and was employed in Omaha until marriage to Maurice Snethen on Jan. 26, 1946.
Maurice and Rose purchased a farm in Rosedale Township, Tripp County, SD which was their home until 1981. Rose was active in the Winner Methodist Church, 4H and extension club. Five-year-old twins, Sandra Brozik, Gregory, SD and Randy Snethen, Dallas, TX were adopted.
In 1982, a home was purchased in Miami, OK. Because of Maurice’s failing health beginning in 1978, ten winters were spent in south Texas.
Several hobbies were enjoyed by Rose which included leathercraft, bead craft, and Hardanger Embroidery. Rose also was a volunteer at the Baptist Hospital, Miami for several years.
In 1998, she learned to use a computer. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Miami.
Preceding her in death was Maurice Snethen, parents Marjorie and David Erickson, sisters Ruth Christensen and Dolores Fecht.
Survivors include Sandra Brozik, Randy Snethen, and brother Don Erickson plus grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren.
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